A postman has escaped serious injury after he was hit by a car while delivering mail in Ashtonfield on Tuesday afternoon.
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The man was delivering mail on a Honda motorcycle in Herron Close about 12.30pm, when he rode across lawn and onto a driveway.
Police said a car was backing out of the driveway and the driver did not see the motorbike rider.
The rider, a 58-year-old East Maitland man, came away from the minor prang with a swollen knee.
The collision was one of a spate of incidents that occurred across Maitland roads on Tuesday.
A ute flipped onto its roof on the New England Highway, East Maitland about 8.30am and a car also collided with a pole at Louth Park about 6am.
Police said wet roads were a factor in some of the incidents, after the first downpour to hit the Lower Hunter in months.
Sage Swinton
Sage Swinton is a news reporter who was born and bred in the Hunter. She has been with the Newcastle Herald since June 2020, and covers Newcastle council as well as other general news.
Sage Swinton is a news reporter who was born and bred in the Hunter. She has been with the Newcastle Herald since June 2020, and covers Newcastle council as well as other general news.
